m²:  120
Location:  Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Type:  Comission
Status:  Built
Year:  2011

Our first religious commission was a wedding chapel conceived to celebrate the first day of a couples new life. Our second religious commission had a diametrically opposite purpose: to mourn the passing of loved ones. This premise was the main driving force behind the design, the two had to be complete opposites, they were natural antagonists. While the former praised life, the latter grieved death. Through this game of contrasts all the decisions were made: Glass vs. Concrete, Transparency vs. Solidity, Ethereal vs. Heavy, Classical Proportions vs. Apparent Chaos, Vulnerable vs. Indestructible, Ephemeral vs. Lasting

Acapulcos hills are made up of huge granite rocks piled on top of each other. In a purely mimetic endeavor, we worked hard to make the chapel look like just another colossal boulder atop the mountain.